Pieminister’s legendary pie bottomless brunch with free-flowing drinks is finally making a comeback from next week.
The popular pie restaurant chain – which has two sites here in Manchester city centre on Church Street in the Northern Quarter, and on Deansgate – is known and loved all across the UK for its thick and chunky pies.
And now finally, after countless calls from foodies, the chain‘s beloved bottomless brunch is set to return to our city from next week… and we are so absolutely here for it.
Pies dished up in any Pieminister restaurant are typically served on a bed of hot and creamy mashed potatoes, with the option to choose from several vegetable sides and accompaniments of crispy onions, cheddar cheese, and more, all before they are topped-off by being slathered in homemade gravy.
But, as part of the bottomless brunch offering kicking off on Saturday 13 April, you can add non-stop cocktails and pints to the party too.
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Pieminister’s popular pie bottomless brunch with free-flowing drinks is back / Credit: The Manc Group (via The Hoot Leeds)
Thankfully, whether you’re a meat lover, a veggie, vegan, flexitarian, or gluten free, there’s something to suit everyone on the returning bottomless brunch lineup, with a selection of all the best Pieminister pies from the menu to take your pick from.
There’s the ‘Mooless Moo’ jackfruit ‘steak’-like pie with craft ale and black pepper, the ever-popular ‘Kevin’ Chestnut mushroom, tomato, quinoa, baby onion, and red wine option, plus the ‘Wild Shroom’ or ‘Heidi’ pies for veggies, whilst meat eaters can tuck into the likes of the ‘Free Ranger’ chicken, ham, and leek pie, the ‘Fungi Chicken’, the classic British beef and ale pie ‘Moo’, the ‘Moolin Rouge’ with steak and bacon, the ‘Moo & Blue’ with beef and Cropwell Bishop stilton, or the ‘Kate and Sidney’.
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The Mooless Moo, Moo, and Free Ranger can all be made as gluten free pies as well for an additional 50p.
You’ll choose your pie, then opt for either the ‘pick of the brunch’ deal – which comes with any award-winning pie, one side, and gravy for £27 – or alternatively, you can opt for the ‘Mother of all brunches’ for £30, which includes pie, mash, minty mushy peas, cheddar cheese, crispy onions, and gravy.
The legendary deal returns to Manchester next weekend / Credit: Pieminister
And, of course, you’ll be able to grab two hours of unlimited drinks with both of these options.
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Prosecco, mimosas, draught pints, Aperol spritz, passion fruit martinis, espresso martinis, and select soft drinks are just some of the bottomless drinks you can sip on.
The Pieminister bottomless brunch will be available every Saturday (and bank holiday Sunday) from next Saturday 13 April 2024.
Manchester’s viral sandwich shop Ad Maiora is selling HUGE butties for only 9p through Deliveroo
Daisy Jackson
Ad Maiora, the Italian sandwich shop that’s loved by Manchester City stars (and everyone else who’s sunk their teeth into one), is selling butties for only 9p this week.
The local business is famed for its authentic sandwiches filled with quality imported Italian ingredients, and for its super-sized versions of its delicious lunches.
And this week only, you’ll be able to pick up a hefty sandwich, called the Scran-wich, for only 9 English pence.
The limited-edition Schiacciata will have nine different components and weighs in at a whopping 500g (though it’s nothing on their 1kg beast we’ve tried before…)
Owners and couple Enrico and Daniela have spent weeks developing the perfect balance of flavours.
Each ingredient is sourced in Italy but inspired by places and sayings from Manchester.
So you’ll find spicy ‘supersonic’ salami, nowt better N’duja, mozzarella ‘footballs’, sliced Haçienda heritage tomatoes, ‘r kid Italian wild rocket, 0161 olives, lashings of mad fer it mayonnaise, ‘buzzing bee’ basil leaves and ‘let’s ave it’ red onions – all sandwiched between fresh homemade Scran-worthy Schiacciata bread.
The Scran-wich and its 9p sale have been created to celebrate Deliveroo’s ninth birthday, and there’ll be 300 available to order through Deliveroo.
The limited edition 9p ‘Scran-Wich’, available at Ad Maiora in Manchester through Deliveroo. Credit: Deliveroo/Dominic LipinskiAd Maiora is one of Manchester’s best sandwich shops and loved by celebs and locals
Enrico and Daniela, owners of Ad Maiora, said: “We’ve had so much support from the local community since we launched, so we were very excited when Deliveroo asked us to create a special Ad Maiora sandwich dedicated to the city of Manchester in celebration of their 9th birthday.
“We hope our customers love the limited-edition ‘Scran-wich’ – we’ve really enjoyed creating a sandwich that celebrates our city which makes this SUPER limited edition and special!”
Steffi Morel, Deliveroo city manager for Manchester, said: “It has been an absolute honour connecting Manc foodies to the best local restaurants at the click of a button for the last nine years.
“To celebrate, we’ve partnered with one of Manchester’s new local favourites, Ad Maiora, who’ve created the ultimate birthday ‘Scran-wich’, which pays homage to the city with every delicious bite! Deliveroo customers will need to be quick, as there are only 300 available!”
Ad Maiora’s Scran-wich is available for just 9p from Tuesday 30 April until Thursday 2 May through Deliveroo.
Medlock Canteen receives rave Guardian review from Jay Rayner just one month after opening
Daisy Jackson
Medlock Canteen, a new Manchester restaurant, has received a rave review in the Guardian just weeks after it opened.
National critic Jay Rayner has heaped praise upon the restaurant at Deansgate Square, describing it as ‘so special’.
The restaurant only opened its doors at the end of March, taking its inspiration from opposite sides of the pond – the laid-back style of American diners and the hospitality of Parisian bistros.
Rayner said it’s ‘a welcome haven for all’ and applauded its menu packed with ‘appealing, familiar dishes that are the best versions of themselves’.
Medlock Canteen comes from the team behind Madre (the Mexican restaurant at Kampus) and Belzan (one of Liverpool’s top restaurants).
But unlike those two restaurants, things are much simpler at their newest venture – this is a restaurant where you can order a fried egg with any meal, drink bottomless coffee, and even order the day’s ‘staff dinner’ for just a tenner.
Rayner dedicated almost an entire paragraph of his review to Medlock Canteen’s gravy (‘dark and sticky and deeply savoury’), which he said is so good you should just ‘order that and pour it over everything. Pour it over a friend’.
He also waxed lyrical about their rotisserie chicken (there are rows of the things rotating in the city’s first in-restaurant rotisserie chicken oven), of which he said: “It is everything those words promise and don’t always deliver. No special rubs or sauces. Just roast chicken, rested long enough for the meat to start shrugging itself off the bones. The skin is crisp and salty.”
Inside Medlock Canteen in Manchester, which just received a rave review in The Guardian. Credit: The Manc Group
Other dishes that were celebrated in the Guardian’s review of Medlock Canteen included a rhubarb pie, charcoal-grilled fish of the day, duck rillettes and pistachio frangipane tart.
The restaurant itself said there were ‘happy faces’ after the review was published over the weekend.
Medlock Canteen wrote on Instagram: “Manchester may be grey this Sunday, but let us tell you, there are a few happy faces both on and behind the scenes as we enjoy our morning brew, reading through the kind words of @jayrayner1 in the @guardian.
“Thanks go to our team and our guests for all the hard work, dedication, and pure passion that has made Medlock Canteen ‘a welcome haven for one and all.’
“Anyway, enough of that. Just another day. Just another ‘set of appealing, familiar dishes that are the best versions of themselves.’
“Caution: gravy jus may be thrown. Let Sunday service commence.”
Emily Sergeant -
3rd April 2024 
